The 12 Easiest Healthy Eating Tips–ever!

When eating healthy turns obsessive

Eat big picture. “Eating well is about the whole dietary pattern-not one food, nutrient, or ingredient. Instead of focusing on eating one nutrient at a time to protect one component of health at a time, eat foods of high overall nutritional quality as part of a wholesome diet, and you’ll defend against virtually all forms of ill health.” -David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center and author of Disease Proof RELATED: 11 Crazy-Delicious Desserts with Hidden Healthy Ingredients 4. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/12-easiest-healthy-eating-tips-ever-153700205.html

(Directories of eating-disorder experts can be found on the website of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals.) The ultimate recovery from an eating disorder is to get beyond labeling foods good or bad, Dear says. “You have to reach a self-loving place, not a virtuous place. It would be helpful [for] clinicians to have their radar out for orthorexia because it is easily misread as just healthy eating when it can be a major problem.” Moodley no longer considers herself orthorexic. Her work with clients made her realize that the correct diet is different for each individual and helped her overcome her orthorexia. But when she discusses her diet today, a sense of pride still lingers in her voice. To some, her diet was the epitome of healthy perfection. She said she still maintains a healthy diet, but now it is a preference as opposed to an obsession. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/05/health/eating-healthy-obsessive/index.html